Production Log: Monday 25th February 2013

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Today I created a list of what things I have to do to complete my coursework as there is only two weeks left till the deadline. I decided to make a list as I may forget the tiny things that I have to do such as make the Blogger background more media based and add commentaries on other blog posts. I didn't do anything productive today as I was looking at grade boundaries and how much each section of the coursework is worth. This gave me a good indication on how much more I need to include to get the most possible marks.

Production Log: February Half Term

During the half term I started putting my few evaluation questions that I had typed up on Microsoft Word in different sorts of media such as Prezi, video etc. I did Question 6 and Question 3. I did these two as I good idea of how I wanted them. I did Question 6 in a Prezi as a lot of images were involved and I did Question 3 as a video with a pop music track playing in a background. I do need to write up 2 more evaluation questions so I have 5 more left and the media I have left is a normal blog post, PowerPoint, a video of me or my voice talking through the evaluation question, an InDesign page and maybe another blog post or a powerpoint with animations and then record it using CamStudio. 
I also updated my blog to a better standard by going through each post making sure everything is perfect and couldn't be better. This will be an ongoing thing. 
Additionally, I finished my magazine to the best I could do however I may need to improve a few minor things once someone else sees it and gives me feedback. 
I also completed my contents page by adding the last picture. I decided I wanted a picture of a real celebrity or a band performing on stage or backstage of a concert. I asked a few people for images they have taken when they went to concerts. Unfortunately their images were not extremely good and were quite blurry however this blurry effect gave me a really good idea. One of the images was of the One Direction member Zayn Malik behind a fence. As the image was blurry you can't tell it is him which allowed me to add another regular feature to my magazine of having a 'Guess who' section where readers can guess who the celebrity is in the picture and then find out in the next issue of the magazine.

So over the half term I completed my second article and completed the second double page spread, my contents page, page numbers and few other tiny details.

Production Log: Friday 15th February 2013

During the week I finished editing my time-lapse by adding music to it. It was harder than I thought as I had to make some of the scenes longer to fit the music however my time-lapse was still not long enough so I had to cut the music from the beginning and the end to make it sound good. I then re-uploaded to Blogger. I also did another evaluation question meaning that I have to do two more. Today I started editing the picture to put on the contents page. This is what I accomplished today:

Production Log: Monday 11th February 2013

Today I decided that I needed more images on the contents page. I wanted images of people other than my models. So I asked a few people if they could give me one or two of their photos and they could have mine. Luckily, I found one who was willing to do this. Their photos were really good and gave me a good idea for how I could use the photo. The photo I have chosen is this:

I also continued to think and draft my article for my second double page spread. 

Production Log: Friday 8th February 2013

Today I started editing the pictures of my second article double page spread. As I am doing a montage I had 7 pictures to edit and due to my model wearing a white top it was much harder to get rid of the white background however I managed to finish all 7 images and put it on InDesign from Photoshop. The middle image is in colour and the rest are in black and white. I feel it looks more effective this way. I got the idea from this magazine double page spread.

All I need to do to finish this page completely is to think of an article and I have thought of a story line that my model Sophie wants to throw a boat party and some revealing facts about it has leaked or something along the lines of that. I was thinking of doing a review of the party however that may lead to me having a picture of the boat party which would be quite hard. However if I feel that this story line is quite hard then I might change it to something else.

I feel I have nearly finished my magazine. I decided to make out a list of what I need to do.
In the magazine:

- Write out an article for my second double page spread

- Add in a few more pictures on my contents page

- Add my page numbers on each of my pages

- Do the side article on my first double page spread

I will probably find other tiny things to do once I have done the above to make it perfect.

In the coursework task overall I need to:

- Redo my timelapse with music as it looks quite boring

- Make my blog perfect by adding a small description under each prezi and other blog posts to state what I created and why

- My 7 evaluation question using different media types

Again, I will find other minor things to do or change to my blog or blog posts



Production Log: Monday 4th February 2013

Over the weekend, I improved my contents page with the feedback given on Friday. I had to make the 'News', 'Features' and 'Keep In Touch' content bigger so it stands out from the rest of the content as it looked to similar. Also on the 'Keep In Touch' content I needed to add a few images of an email sign, the Facebook logo and the Twitter logo. Additionally, to improve I was told to add an iPhone with the front cover on it to promote to my target audience that my magazine also has an App available in the Apple App Store. The hardest part was to make the content bigger as it was already quite packed so this lead to move about most of the content on the page including changing the size on one of my model just a little bit. 

Above shows the changes I made and how it is different from my previous version of the contents page. 
Today I was debating on what I should base my second article on. On the contents page I put 'Sophie's new fragrance' however this was before I wanted to do an article on my second model as well. Now I come to think of it, basing an article on a new perfume maybe a bit hard. So I might change that to something more easier to write about.
I moved on to deciding what image to use for the album cover of my first model. I found an image which is really good and would look appealing on an album cover.

I am using this image because the wire of the mic is not touching the model so I can crop it out easily. Whereas the other ones the wire was partially touching the model so it would not have looked nice. The image overall looks quite dark so I will need to brighten it.

Production Log: Friday 1st February 2013

During this week I completely re-did my magazine. I now feel it looks more like a magazine and it is now hitting the success criteria. 

Above is an image of how I improved my magazine from my draft till now. I have not shown my last page as no changes have been made.

Today I asked a few people if any extra changes are needed. Firstly I was told to add a background on my introduction page of my article. Also on that page, the title 'from school geek to pop queen' would be better if it was on one side of the page and not right in the middle. Also the image of my model sitting on the 'D' of 'Ahmed' was a bit too small compared to the other image on that page. After I had moved the title at the bottom I had quite a big space in the middle so it didn't look nice. I was then enlightened by adding another image but with opacity a bit low so it looks transparent. This is what I have accomplished today.

Additionally, I asked my teacher if I could do another double page spread as I had done so much already and nearly finished it. I asked because I wasn't sure if I would have been able to finish it by the end or not so I needed to ask someone who knew best. The idea for my second double page spread is this: